&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&> APA Resources. An APA template file (MS Word format) has also been provided for your use CSIA_Basic_Paper_Template(APA_6ed,Nov2014).docx. 5. All submission files must begin with a cover page with the assignment title, your name, and the due date. Your reference list must be on a separate page at the end of your file. 6. You are expected to write grammatically correct English in every assignment that you submit for grading. Do not turn in any work without (a) using spell check, (b) using grammar check, (c) verifying that your punctuation is correct and (d) reviewing your work for correct word usage and correctly structured sentences and paragraphs. 7. You are expected to credit your sources using in-text citations and reference list entries. Both your citations and your reference list entries must follow a consistent citation style (APA, MLA, etc.).

Project #1: Cybersecurity Strategy & Plan of Action

Your Task:

You have been assigned to support the Padgett-Beale Merger & Acquisition (M&A) team working under the direct supervision of Padgett-Beale’s Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). The M&A team is in the planning stages for how it will integrate a new acquisition, Island Banking Services, into the company as its financial services arm (PBI-FS). Initially, PBI-FS will function as a wholly owned subsidiary which means that it must have its own separate cybersecurity program.
 
Your first major task (Project #1) will be to help develop a Cybersecurity Strategy & Plan of Action for PBI-FS. Island Banking Services never had a formal cybersecurity program so you’re starting from scratch. You will need to research best practices as well as relying heavily upon what you learned in your undergraduate studies in Cybersecurity Management and Policy. The CISO has provided detailed instructions for this task. (These appear after the Background section below.)

Background

After five years of operation, Island Banking Services — a non-U.S. firm — was forced into bankruptcy after criminal money laundering charges were filed against the company and its officers. Padgett-Beale, Inc. purchased the digital assets and records of this financial services firm from the bankruptcy courts. The purchased assets include licenses for office productivity software, financial transactions processing software, database software, and operating systems for workstations and servers. Additional assets included in the sale include the hardware, software, and licensing required to operate the company’s internal computer networks.
 
Figure 1. Island Banking Services IT Infrastructure Purchased by Padgett-Beale, Inc.
 
Padgett-Beale’s legal counsel successfully negotiated with the bankruptcy court and the criminal courts for the return of copies of the company’s records so that it could restart Island Banking Service’s operations. The courts agreed to do so after Padgett-Beale committed in writing to reopening the customer service call center (but not the branch offices) on the island. Reopening the call center will provide continued employment for 10 island residents including 2 call center supervisors. Padgett-Beale intends to relocate the call center to a company owned property approximately 10 miles away from the current location and adjacent to a newly opened Padgett-Beale resort.
 
Padgett-Beale’s Risk Manager has recommended that the Merger & Acquisition plan be amended such that Island Banking Services would be operated as a wholly owned subsidiary for a period of 5 years rather than being immediately and fully integrated as an operating element of Padgett-Beale. The company’s attorneys agreed that this would be the best approach given the potential for additional legal troubles related to the actions of the previous owners and employees. The Board of Directors has signed off on this amendment to the M&A plan and stipulated that the new subsidiary will be named PBI Financial Services (PBI-FS). The company officers and senior managers for PBI-FS will be named at a later date. For now, the leader of the M&A Team will serve as the Chief Operating Officer. Padgett-Beale’s Chief Information Security Officer will be loaned to PBI-FS while a search is conducted for a dedicated CISO for the subsidiary.

CISO’s Detailed Instructions to You

The CISO has given you and your team mates a set of instructions (below) which you should follow as you complete this task.

Task #0: Read and Analyze the Background Materials

If you have not already done so, read the Background information in this file. Next, review the Padgett-Beale M&A Profile 2020 which was posted to the LEO classroom. You should also review all materials from the classroom for Weeks 1 – 4 as these provide needed information about the Financial Services industry and the legal and regulatory requirements which apply to this industry.

Task #1: Perform a Gap Analysis & Construct a Risk Register

Using the information available to you, determine the most likely information technology/security gaps which existed at Island Banking Services prior to its being acquired by PBI. Next, determine which of these, if not addressed, will likely exist in the newly formed subsidiary PBI-FS. Document your analysis and evaluation in a Gap Analysis.
 
Your Gap Analysis should address operating issues relating to confidentiality, integrity, and availability (CIA) of information, information systems, and information infrastructures owned or used by PBI-FS. Your analysis should also consider and use the People, Process, and Technology framework.
 
Step 1: Identify 10 or more significant cybersecurity issues/challenges/risks which the background information and M&A profile indicate currently exist at PBI-FS / Island Banking Services. You are allowed to “read between the lines” but must be able to map your analysis and findings to specific statements from these documents. These items will become your “Gaps” for the Gap Analysis. Use one or more cybersecurity frameworks or standards (e.g. NIST CSF; People, Processes, and Technologies; Confidentiality, integrity, availability) to organize your analysis.
 
Note: there was significant criminal behavior found at Island Banking Services. Your analysis must address internal weaknesses which allowed this to occur without being discovered by the employees who were not involved in the crimes.
 
Step 2: Using your Gap Analysis (step 1) create a Risk Register in which you list 10 or more specific and separate risks. For each risk, assign a category (confidentiality, integrity, availability, people, process, technology) and a severity (impact level using a 1 – 5 scale with 5 being the highest potential impact).
 
Step 3: Review the laws and regulatory guidance which apply to the Financial Services industry and companies like Island Banking Services. For each entry in your risk register, identify and record the laws, regulations, or standards which provide guidance as to how the identified risks must be addressed or mitigated. Record this in your risk register.
 
Step 4: Review laws and regulations which apply to all companies, i.e. Sarbanes Oxley, IRS regulations for Business Records, SEC regulations and reporting requirements, etc. Review your Risk Register and either map these requirements to existing entries in your risk register or insert new entries for significant legal or regulatory requirements which you were not able to map to your previously identified risks. (Include risk related to non-compliance.)
 
Step 5: Review section 1.2 Risk Management and the Cybersecurity Framework in the NIST Cybersecurity Framework v1.1 (https://‌nvlpubs.nist.gov/‌nistpubs/‌CSWP/‌NIST. ‌CSWP. ‌04162018.pdf)
Using this information, determine the best strategy for addressing (“treating”) each of your identified risks. Remember the four types of risk mitigation strategies (accept, avoid, control, transfer).
 
Consider the business impact for each of your mitigation strategies (e.g. if you applied an “avoid” strategy across the board, the company would not be able to operate in the financial services industry because it would need to shut down all operations).
 
Record your risk mitigation strategy for each risk in your risk register. For each of your “control” entries, include the corresponding control category and subcategory (if applicable) from the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (see Tables 1 and 2 in version 1.1). Examples: ID.AM Asset Management or PR.AC Identity Management and Access Control. Remember to cite your sources.
 
Step 6: Develop a Cybersecurity Strategy that presents five or more specific actions (strategies) that the company should take to implement your recommended risk mitigations. Include information from your gap analysis, legal and regulatory analysis, risk analysis and proposed risk mitigations. Under each strategy include information about how the strategy will affect or leverage people, policies, processes, and technologies (hardware, software, infrastructure). Include examples and other pertinent information about Island Banking Services and Padgett-Beale. You should have at least one technology related strategy which includes an updated Network Diagram. This diagram must show the to-be state of the IT infrastructure including recommended mitigating or “control” technologies, e.g. intrusion detection, firewalls, DMZ’s, etc. (start with the diagram provided in this assignment file).
 
Note: Your strategy will be presented to the Board of Directors by the executive who is leading the Merger & Acquisition Team so make sure that you write in appropriate language and include sufficient detail to explain your recommended strategy.
 
Step 7: Develop and document a proposed plan of action and implementation timeline that addresses each element of the cybersecurity strategy that you identified previously (in step 6). Provide time, effort, and cost estimates for implementing your recommended actions (include appropriate explanations of your reasoning). Include the resources (people, money, etc.) necessary for completing each task in the timeline.
 
Step 8: Develop a set of 5 or more high-level summary of recommendations regarding the next steps to take in mitigating the risks that you identified in steps 1-7. These recommendations should logically flow from your analysis and be supported by your Cybersecurity Strategy and Plan of Action.
 

Putting It All Together

  1. Format your work for Steps 1-7 as a Cybersecurity Strategy and Plan of Action. The six major elements listed below should appear in this order in a single file. Your MS Word format document file must include:
  • Introduction (what is in this document and to what organization does it apply)
  • Gap Analysis (Step 1)
  • Legal & Regulatory Requirements Analysis (Steps 3, 4)
  • Risk Analysis & Risk Register (Steps 2, 3, 4, 5)
  • Cybersecurity Strategy (Step 6)
  • Plan of Action and Implementation Timeline (Step 7)

 
The Cybersecurity Strategy and Plan of Action is a comprehensive MS Word document that includes a separate title page followed by the six major elements (see list under step 7) and ending with a reference list. Your document must include a reference list and appropriate citations throughout. You will need 10 – 12 pages to fully document your strategy and plan. Use section headings and sub headings to organize your work. You may use internal title pages (section titles) to make it clear where each of the major elements begins and ends. Title pages and reference pages are not included in the recommended length.
 

  1. Format your recommendations from Step 8 as a Cover Letter / Recommendations Memo to accompany your Security Strategy document.

The Recommendation Memo is a 2 page, professionally formatted memorandum addressed to the Merger & Acquisition Team. This cover letter / memo should summarize why this package is being forwarded to the M&A team for “review and action.” The memo should introduce and provide a brief summary of the purpose and contents of the Cybersecurity Strategy and Plan of Action (name and describe each of the major sections). Use a professional format for your memo (consider using one of the MS Word templates). The memo does not include citations or references but, you may need to name laws or regulations.

Notes on Constructing Your Network Diagram (for step 6):

Your diagram must be based upon the provided network diagram with additions or deletions that are clearly your own work. You may use MS Word’s drawing tools, Power Point, or other drawing program. When you have completed your diagram, you may find it helpful to take a screen snapshot and then pasted that into your deliverable file(s).
 
You may use commercial or “free” clip-art to represent individual end point devices or network appliances such as routers, firewalls, IDPS, etc.) Clip art does not need to be cited provided that it is clip art (not screen captures from another author’s work).

Additional Information

  1. Consult the grading rubric for specific content and formatting requirements for this assignment.
  2. Your paper should be professional in appearance with consistent use of fonts, font sizes, margins, etc. You should use headings and page breaks to organize your paper.
  3. Your paper should use standard terms and definitions for cybersecurity.
  4. The CSIA program recommends that you follow standard APA formatting since this will give you a document that meets the “professional appearance” requirements. APA formatting guidelines and examples are found under Course Resources > APA Resources. An APA template file (MS Word format) has also been provided for your use CSIA_Basic_Paper_Template(APA_6ed,Nov2014).docx.
  5. All submission files must begin with a cover page with the assignment title, your name, and the due date. Your reference list must be on a separate page at the end of your file.
  6. You are expected to write grammatically correct English in every assignment that you submit for grading. Do not turn in any work without (a) using spell check, (b) using grammar check, (c) verifying that your punctuation is correct and (d) reviewing your work for correct word usage and correctly structured sentences and paragraphs.
  7. You are expected to credit your sources using in-text citations and reference list entries. Both your citations and your reference list entries must follow a consistent citation style (APA, MLA, etc.).
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A. Research and then describe your company’s primary business activities. Include:
1. A brief historical summary,
2. A list of competitors,
3. The company’s position within the industry,
4. Recent developments within the company/industry,
5. Future direction, and
6. Other items of significance to your corporation.
B. Include information from a variety of resources. For example:
1. Consult the Form 10-K filed with the SEC.
2. Review the Annual Report and especially the Letter to Shareholders
3. Explore the corporate website.
4. Select at least two significant news items from recent business periodicals
C. Submit a written report that is 5-7 pages long. The report should be well written with cover page, introduction, body of paper (with appropriate subheadings), conclusion, and reference page. References must be appropriately cited. Be sure to address all of the points in Section A above, using all of the resources listed in Section B. Format: Doublespaced, one-inch margins, using a 12-point Times New Roman font
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How do new and different strains of influenza occur?

write a 5 page paper addressing a topic of choice. Suggested topics include but are not limited to:
Infectious diseases and their influences on life expectancy rates going up or down.
The struggles of cultural and religious issues on sexually transmitted diseases.
Health implications that may result from global climate change.
How do new and different strains of influenza occur?

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Nursing homework help

Shaping the World We Live In
The internet can be used to do your own research about how the world we live in is shaped by what we sense and what we perceive. Go to the link The Human Senses. Read and complete each experiment- Vision (Rods & Cones, The Blind Spot, and After images), Taste and Smell (Effect of Smell on Taste), Touch (Temperature Perception), and Hearing and Balance (Orienting to Sound & Balance and Vision). In an essay respond to the following questions from the experiments. Include a title page and reference page. Include in the essay, support for your findings and questions responses.
Vision: Rods and Cones- Respond to the questions for each experiment.

  • Experiment 1
  • Experiment 2

Vision: The Blind Spot- Respond to the questions for each experiment

  • Experiment 1
  • Experiment 2

Vision: Afterimages- Respond to questions
Taste & Smell – Respond to the questions

  • Taste
  • Smell

Touch- Respond to the questions

  • Temperature Perception

Hearing and Balance- Respond to the questions

  • Orienting to sound
  • Balance and vision

Assignment Expectations
Length: 1250-1750 words
Structure: Include a title page and a reference page in APA format. These do not count towards the minimal word count for the assignment.
References: The course assigned text and a minimum of three additional references from the Aspen Library or other peer reviewed article to support your claims.

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Do you think that the societal norms for men regarding expressing emotion and social support have changed in recent years?

Read chapter 32 of the class textbook and review the attached PowerPoint presentation.  Once done answer the following questions;
1.Do you think that the societal norms for men regarding expressing emotion and social support have changed in recent years? Why or why not? If so, how can community health/public health nurses take an advantage of this to help men improve their health?
2.Are there differences in the ways that homosexuality in men and women are viewed by general society in the US? If so, why do you feel that these differences exist? From where or whom do people get their messages about homosexuality or other non-heterosexual lifestyles?
As stated in the syllabus the assignment must be presented in an APA format word document, Arial 12 font attached to the forum on the discussion board.  A minimum of 3 evidenced-based references must be used (excluding the class textbook) and 2 replies to any of your peers sustained with the appropriate references must be posted.  Only the assignment must be attached in a word document in the forum, replies do not.  References must be no older than 5 years.  A minimum of 700 words is required.  Please follow the instructions on how to present the first page and the name of the assignment when you post should be Week 11 discussion questions, not my name or blackboard posting
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ICD 10 CM Coding Guidelines – PowerPoint Presentation

ICD 10 CM Coding Guidelines – PowerPoint Presentation
Power Point presentation
This week you will select one of the following guideline topics from ICD 10-CM code book and create a PowerPoint presentation that will explain coding the diagnosis you choose from the chapter specific guidelines found in the front of the ICD 10 CM Code Book. Choose from one of the following diagnosis.
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Diabetes Mellitus
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI)
Acute Respiratory Failure (ARF)
Find the guidelines in the front of your code book for the one diagnosis that you choose. Read them carefully and review those codes and instructions in the tabular list until you understand what the guidelines are conveying. ICD 10 CM Coding Guidelines – PowerPoint Presentation. Once you have done that, create a power point or Word document presentation that includes the following:
An overview and explanation of the diagnosis you chose so that the new coders understand what they are coding.
Quote the guidelines for your diagnosis verbatim using quotation marks from the code book.
Next, in your own words, communicate the guidelines in a way that is easy to understand by a new coder. This will require you to reword and breakdown the information contained in the original guideline. ICD 10 CM Coding Guidelines – PowerPoint Presentation.
Use one flow chart, picture, or diagram in your presentation.
Find two codes in the tabular list from the chapter your guidelines are from and use them as an example for the diagnosis coding you chose. Include the written code description from the code book.
Make sure you have proof read your presentation and it is free from errors.
Be sure you look up all words you don\’t understand. You will be graded on clarity of instruction, thoroughness of instruction, and creativity in making the guidelines you chose easy for a new coder to follow. ICD 10 CM Coding Guidelines – PowerPoint Presentation.

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Identify and state which patient symptoms are more likely to be relieved by this treatment. Give the reasons to support this.

QUESTION

Nursing

Can the RN use acupressure for pain and discomfort?

Read the following article:

Initial Discussion Post:

Address the following:

  1. Identify and state which patient symptoms are more likely to be relieved by this treatment. Give the reasons to support this.
  2. Identify and state how the individual RN might incorporate acupressure into nursing practice.
  3. Identify and state in what health care settings acupressure might be an effective integrative treatment to offer to patients. Give the reasons to support your thoughts.

Base your initial post on your readings and research of this topic.Your initial post must contain a minimum of 250 words. References, citations, and repeating the question do not count towards the 250 word minimum.

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 what do your articles reflect, where can we go in the future   How does it affect society as whole

Psychology homework help
You prepare a 15-page paper    Use this as a starting point for your paper    Label your sections
A) Key TermsB)  C) Five (5) new terms/words which explain the concepts of the chapter. Write the word, the definition, the sentence it appears in, the number of the page and the number of the paragraph. You must LEARN the definitions, and be able to expound and use examples of the word.
B) Major Themes
Three (3) ideas, concepts, issues, which the author repeats in the chapter as being very important to his/her argument. Write down the themes and several sentences related to them. Write page numbers and paragraph numbers. Also, include why these particular themes are important.
C) Literature Review One major part of your paper will be the research on your particular subject –  what do your articles reflect, where can we go in the future   How does it affect society as whole
D) Critique
This section will critique the chapter. Should include the answers to the following questions: What are the strong points of the chapter? What did you learn from the chapter? What contribution did the contents of this chapter make to the study of Social Psychology? 
E) Major Conclusions
What were the author’s conclusions? What further research ideas can come from this chapter? Include three (3) “lingering questions” that remain in your mind after reading the chapter.
One major part of your paper will be the research on your particular subject –  what do your articles reflect, where can we go in the future   How does it affect society as whole
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Write a 3-5-page paper giving an overview of a selected nursing theorist and his/her work.

Integration of Evidence-Based Practice and Research in Nursing

For this assignment, you will write a 3-5-page paper giving an overview of a selected nursing theorist and his/her work. You will discuss how it is applicable to your current workplace. Nursing theorist

This paper will be in APA format – it must include a title page, page numbers, running head, properly formatted headings, citations, and references. An abstract is not required. Please address the following questions:

Introduction Jean Watson’s Philosophy of Nursing – Caring Theory

  • Give a brief (1-2 paragraph) overview of the nursing theorist whose work you selected.

Body

  • Give an overview of the theory – basic assumptions and important points.
  • Discuss how this theory relates to your current work in the following metaparadigm concepts (include examples). 1-2 paragraphs for each metaparadigm concept:
    • Person
    • Environment
    • Health
    • Nursing
  • Discuss opportunities to incorporate this theory more fully into your nursing practice

Conclusion

  • Write a brief (1-2 paragraphs) conclusion that incorporates the main ideas from your paper
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Urinary Disorders

Urinary Disorders
A 45-year-old grocery sales clerk has been suffering from bouts of severe pain in his left flank region. He blamed it on prolonged standing for 8 hours straight while working. He was taking over-the-counter pain medications for his pain. One day, he found fresh blood in his urine. He went to a doctor who performed urine tests, CT scans, and x-rays. He was diagnosed with urinary calculi.
Discuss possible factors that may have been responsible for the development of the stone and use this case to show how the patient’s diet and water intake can help analyze the composition of the calculi.
What would be the test results of his white blood cells, blood calcium levels, CT scan, and x-ray?
Suggest the best treatment for the patient and a plan to prevent recurrence post-treatment.

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